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Darwen vicar plans 'Italian Job' fundraiser

A POPULAR vicar is planning an ‘Italian Job’ style fundraiser to fund a new community centre.

Reverend Tim Horobin and 10 of his parishioners from St James’ Church, Lower Darwen, will be sponsored to drive down to London in red, white and blue minis in tribute to the 1969 film starring Michael Caine.

The church has already raised £180,000 over the past two and half years towards renovating the church, but they now need an extra £40,000 to finish the community centre which will be jointly used by the church and St James’ Primary School.

Rev Horobin said: “We were wondering what we could do to raise the remainder of the money and we came up with this crazy idea.

“We are going to drive to London and back in 24 hours and we hope that sponsors will get behind us and help us raise the money.

“We will do the drive in April but we want to start collecting donations now and are hoping to get the sponsorship of local businesses to help out.

“The centre we want to build will be a place used jointly by the school and the church.

“We are hoping to create an inter-generational site where all members of the community can come together.”

Rev Horobin has a new-style mini and so do a couple of his parishioners, so they will be using those, plus one donated by Bowker for the trip.

Dan Theobalds, assistant headteacher at St James Primary said: “The re-development of the church into a building that will act as a hub of the community is extremely exciting and, as a school, we are hoping it will enable us to continue to build on the super relationship we have with the church.

“As a school, we regularly attend services at the church and have helped with fundraising events.

Comments

aggressiveonionvendor
6:50pm Wed 8 Jan 14

good on you tim (even if 'the italien job' is irritatingly patriarchal'), my second qualification is that money on this scale might be more justified if it was spent in developing a political conciousness which might be more effective in combating social injustice (and what I have always assumed to be the christian ethic) than merley pouring money into maintaining a (albeit, impressive) building.

good on you tim (even if 'the italien job' is irritatingly patriarchal'), my second qualification is that money on this scale might be more justified if it was spent in developing a political conciousness which might be more effective in combating social injustice (and what I have always assumed to be the christian ethic) than merley pouring money into maintaining a (albeit, impressive) building.aggressiveonionvendor

good on you tim (even if 'the italien job' is irritatingly patriarchal'), my second qualification is that money on this scale might be more justified if it was spent in developing a political conciousness which might be more effective in combating social injustice (and what I have always assumed to be the christian ethic) than merley pouring money into maintaining a (albeit, impressive) building.

Score: 1

aggressiveonionvendor
6:53pm Wed 8 Jan 14

jeez (whoops!) ...beautiful cars though.

jeez (whoops!) ...beautiful cars though.aggressiveonionvendor

jeez (whoops!) ...beautiful cars though.

Score: 2

2 for 5p ridesagain
7:45pm Wed 8 Jan 14

How much money is going to be wasted on petrol

How much money is going to be wasted on petrol2 for 5p ridesagain

How much money is going to be wasted on petrol

Score: -4

woolywords
10:54pm Wed 8 Jan 14

Did somebody say, The Italian Job.. I can do that! Gizza job.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=7_PX1cVua
VA

Did somebody say, The Italian Job.. I can do that! Gizza job.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=7_PX1cVua
VAwoolywords

Did somebody say, The Italian Job.. I can do that! Gizza job.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=7_PX1cVua
VA

Score: -2

batesempire
12:46pm Thu 9 Jan 14

London and back in just under 11 hours driving bish bash bosh and I didnt even push it

London and back in just under 11 hours driving bish bash bosh and I didnt even push itbatesempire

London and back in just under 11 hours driving bish bash bosh and I didnt even push it

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